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How to pronounce syntocinon/syntometrine

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Splinters · 08/01/2013 11:45

Will be having the 'physiological third stage please' conversation with MW on Friday, and would prefer to sound like I know what I'm talking about! Can anyone with experience pronouncing these words tell me which syllable the stress is on please? Ta!

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Tinkerisdead · 08/01/2013 11:46

Sin toe sin on

Sin toe met rin

Shiiiit that hurts may be a good phrase to practice too.
Smile

Splinters · 08/01/2013 11:59

Thanks TDW, could you put the stressed syllable in bold or caps or sth though?

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BabysPointlessPocket · 08/01/2013 12:04

Or most just refer to it as synto (sin toe)

Splinters · 08/01/2013 12:12

I'd like to be able to ask specifically which one the hospital tends to use though -- would possibly consider syntocinon but not keen on syntometrine. SyntoCINon, syntoMETrine? Or synTOMetrine?

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SlouchingPanda · 08/01/2013 13:41

Syn-TO-ci-non
Syn-to-MET-rine

HTH

Tinkerisdead · 08/01/2013 18:40

Hold on as i understand it syntometrine is the injection that pretty much expels the placenta. Syntocinon is oxytocin, the drug to induce labour. I had that during slow progression and then the injection. Ate they interchangeable for third stage? I had an independant midwife for my kids (ended in c sections) and she wouldnt have introduced syntocinon at third stage. Not saying its wrong, genuinely interested.

stoatie · 08/01/2013 19:11

syntometrin is most commonly used but can raise blood pressure so if you have had elevated blood pressure syntocinon can be used instead (this might be intra muscular or intra venous). it is the same drug used to augment Labour (however when used to induce it is much smaller quantity diluted in normal saline

Tinkerisdead · 08/01/2013 20:30

Thank you Smile

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